| Description |
xv, 693 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Section I. Probation. 1. The legal origins of probation / United Nations -- 2. The origins of probation in the United States / United Nations -- 3. Standards for adult probation / American Correctional Association -- 4. Probation / President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- 5. What is probation? / Lewis Diana -- 6. When is probation not probation? / Sanford Bates -- 7. The presentence investigation report / Administrative Office, United States Courts -- 8. The professional character of the presentence report / Paul W. Keve --9. Presentence investigation practices in the federal probation system / David H. Gronewold -- 10. Confidentiality of the presentence report / Jacob B. Barnett, David H. Gronewold -- 11. The prehearing juvenile report : probation officers' conceptions / Seymour Z. Gross -- 12. Criteria for the probation officers' recommendations to the juvenile court judge / Yona Cohn -- 13. The presentence report and the decision-making process / Robert M. Carter -- 14. Some factors in sentencing policy / Robert M. Carter, Leslie T. Wilkins -- 15. Sentencing : the judge's problem / Irving R. Kaufman --16. The period of probation / C. Alexander Rheiner -- Section II. Parole. 17. Parole and other release procedures / American Correctional Association -- 18. Parole and aftercare / President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- 19. The role of the inmate in the prerelease process / Paul T. Takagi -- 20. An analysis of parole selection / Paul A. Thomas -- 21. Differences in parole decisions associated with decision-makers / Don M. Gottfredson, Kelley B. Ballard, Jr. -- 22. The parole violator as an organization reject / James Robison, Paul T. Takagi -- 23. Uniform parole reports : a feasibility study / Don M. Gottfredson, Kelley B. Ballard, Jr., Vincent O'Leary -- Section III. Supervision. 24. Concepts of treatment in probation and parole supervision / Charles L. Newman -- 25. Caseloads : some conceptual models / Robert M. Carter, Leslie T. Wilkins -- 26. Supervision practices in the federal probation system / David H. Gronewold -- 27. The utility of case records in probation and parole / Arthur P. Miles -- 28. Some reflections on measuring probation outcome / Robert H. Vasoli -- 29. Factors in the decision-making of North Carolina probation officers / John P. Reed, Charles E. King -- 30. Authority in the correctional process / Arthur E. Fink -- 31. Some findings from correctional caseload research / Stuart Adams -- Section IV. Legal aspects. 32. Probation and due process of law / Sol Rubin -- 33. The application of constitutional standards of protection to probation / Heniz R. Hink -- 34. Conditions of probation / United States Courts -- 35. Conditions of probation : an analysis / Judah Best, Paul I. Birzon -- 36. When should probation be revoked? / Eugene C. DiCerbo -- 37. Parole : a critique of its legal foundations / Michael Gottesman, Lewis J. Hecker -- 38. A summary of parole rules / Nat R. Arluke -- 39. Certificate of parole / United States Board of Parole -- 40. Law and practice in probation and parole revocation hearings / Ronald B. Sklar -- 41. The power of probation and parole officers to search and seize / Alexander Holtzoff -- 42. Interstate supervision of parole and probation / Ralph C. Brendes -- Section V. Research and prediction. 43. Correctional research : an elusive paradise / Daniel Glaser -- 44. Common sense and correctional science / Robert H. Fosen, Jay Campbell Jr. -- 45. Research and rehabilitation : the conflict of scientific and treatment roles in corrections / Jerome Rabow -- 46. The requirements of prediction / Hermann Mannheim, Leslie T. Wilkins -- 47. Predicting parole behavior / Lloyd E. Ohlin -- 48. New prediction and classification methods in criminology / Leslie T. Wilkins, P. Macnaughton-Smith -- 49. Current thinking on parole prediction tables / Victor H. Evjen -- 50. Why do parole boards lag in the use of prediction scores? / Norman S. Hayner -- 51. Pilot time study of the federal probation officer's job / Albert Wahl, Daniel Glaser -- 52. A critique of research in parole / Robert M. Martinson, Gene G. Kassebaum, David A. Ward -- Section VI. Personnel. 53. Standards for probation officers / American Correctional Association -- 54. A qualified parole staff / American Correctional Association -- 55. A qualified parole board / American Correctional Association -- 56. Recruitment and retention of correctional personnel / Gilbert Geis, Elvin Cavanagh -- 57. Needs and directions in probation training / Edward M. Taylor, A. W. McEachern -- 58. The social system of correctional workers / T. C. Esselstyn -- 59. Code of ethics / Federal Probation Officers' Association |
| Summary |
Various articles dealing with posttrial and post incarceration release. Standards, functions, operations, and procedures of adult and juvenile parole and probation are discussed. Specific concerns involve supervision, legalism, research and prediction, and personnel. Many of the readings involve the managerial aspects of parole and probation including decision making, revocation, classification methods, and personnel recruitment |
| Notes |
Edition for 1976 published under title: Probation, parole, and community corrections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Community-based corrections.
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Parole.
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Probation.
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| Author |
Wilkins, Leslie T., compiler
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| LC no. |
79094918 |
| ISBN |
0471138533 |
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